Yeah, right

Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 - 9:52 am

As predictable as it was for Bill Roe to use his conservative platform to talk about a sexual scandal this week, I predict he will use that same soapbox to pontificate about this financial scandal. After all, he is a money guy, right? Surely he will advocate for fiscal accountability in his own party. Yeah, right.
"The House Republican brand is so bad right now that if it were a dog food, they'd take it off the shelf," said retiring Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (Va.), who chaired the NRCC for four years earlier this decade.
The recently indicted Rep. Rick Renzi (Ariz.) and now imprisoned former congressman Robert W. Ney (Ohio ), as well as less controversial lawmakers with minor accounting problems, are among the many members of the GOP delegation who turned to Ward to keep them out of trouble with FEC regulators.
Let's keep our eyes on the ball this time, friends. When leaders are this bad in managing their own funds, it doesn't bode well for the average person. Don't be fooled by rhetoric that identifies one party or the other with fiscal wisdom.